Sun Wujun, Liu Lei, Jiang Yuan, Fang Ping, Ding Xiaosheng, Wang Guangjun
Faculty of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Jan 22;13(2):93. doi: 10.3390/bs13020093.
For college athletes who perform dual roles (student and athlete), the academics-athletics conflict is inevitable in daily life. Although existing studies have focused on the adverse effects of this conflict on the well-being of college athletes, they have not yet determined the underlying mechanism and effective measures to alleviate it. To explore the underlying mechanism of academics-athletics conflict, which affects the well-being of college athletes, we constructed a moderated mediating model to examine the critical role of negative emotions and life motivation in the relationship between them. The study randomly selected 802 college athletes from China to examine the relationships between academics-athletics conflict, negative emotions, eudaimonic motives, hedonic motives, and life satisfaction. The results showed that (1) negative emotions played an important mediating role between academics-athletics conflict and college athletes' life satisfaction, with more than 79% of the effect of academics-athletics conflict being achieved through negative emotions. (2) Eudaimonic motives significantly moderated the first half of the mediation path of negative emotions between academics-athletics conflict and life satisfaction. Individuals with high eudaimonic motives experienced fewer negative emotions in the medium and weak conflict conditions. (3) Hedonic motives had a significant moderating effect on the second half of the mediation path. Individuals with high hedonic motives had greater life satisfaction across negative emotion conditions. This study provides important insights for a comprehensive understanding and in-depth study of the relationship between conflict and the well-being of college athletes, as well as a reference for the quality-of-life enhancement and motivation development for college athletes.
对于扮演双重角色（学生和运动员）的大学生运动员来说，学术与运动的冲突在日常生活中是不可避免的。尽管现有研究关注了这种冲突对大学生运动员幸福感的不利影响，但尚未确定其潜在机制和缓解冲突的有效措施。为了探究影响大学生运动员幸福感的学术与运动冲突的潜在机制，我们构建了一个有调节的中介模型，以检验负面情绪和生活动机在二者关系中的关键作用。该研究从中国随机选取了802名大学生运动员，以考察学术与运动冲突、负面情绪、幸福动机、享乐动机和生活满意度之间的关系。结果表明：（1）负面情绪在学术与运动冲突和大学生运动员生活满意度之间起重要中介作用，学术与运动冲突超过79%的影响是通过负面情绪实现的。（2）幸福动机显著调节了负面情绪在学术与运动冲突和生活满意度之间中介路径的前半段。在中等和低冲突条件下，幸福动机高的个体经历的负面情绪较少。（3）享乐动机对中介路径的后半段有显著调节作用。在各种负面情绪条件下，享乐动机高的个体生活满意度更高。本研究为全面理解和深入研究冲突与大学生运动员幸福感之间的关系提供了重要见解，也为提高大学生运动员的生活质量和促进其动机发展提供了参考。
